Imagine an earth just a bit different from ours. In this world normals unknowingly share the planet with all manner of beings, including vampyres, most of whom rely on bagged blood, which is supplemented by the blood of sabors, valued individuals whose blood contains an element necessary for the survival of the species. Tyrell Small has always felt different. He just never knew how different. On his sixteenth birthday, his father reveals Ty is one such sabor, with the birthmark to prove it. Upon learning he’ll be required to feed vampyres, Ty decides he’s not having any of that. He’ll run away and make his own destiny. Slipping out his second story bedroom window, he finds Adam Dasani, the most gorgeous man he’s ever seen, waiting for him on the roof. Adam is reluctant to distress the young sabor about to slide down the drainpipe, but he’s one of the vampyres Ty will one day feed. Equerry to the vampyre king, Adam had been given the task of guarding Ty on the day he was born. Because the blood of the two most powerful saborese families in the shared history of vampyres and sabors runs through Ty’s veins, some vampyres will do anything to obtain him for themselves. It will be up to Adam to keep Ty safe, not only from those rogue vampyres but from others who have plans of their own for him. Everyone keeps telling Ty he can’t escape his destiny, but he has no intention of sitting around twiddling his thumbs, waiting for life to catch up with him. However, will something Adam inadvertently said give Ty a way to live the life he wants and keep those he loves -- including Adam -- out of danger?

They Come by Night

“Okay. Thanks for…y’know, paying for my fortune.”


“You’re welcome.” He leaned down and whispered in the wolf’s ear.


“Well…um…It was nice meeting you, all of you,” I said. “Bye.”


“M’lord.” Dodona had followed me to the door of the caravan.


“One thing more. You’ll name him Benjamin.”


She smiled—geez, it was weird having her look at me and know she wasn’t seeing me—raised her hand in farewell, and left me standing there.


“?edán? Do you know what she’s talking about?”


“I don’t. We must go. Adam wishes to have you safely home.”


Had that much time already passed? I looked up at the sky and guessed so. “Okay.” I put Mina down, and the three of us walked to the citadel.


It was interesting visiting the citadel, but I was glad to be home. Mina had paid a visit to the curb, and now she waited at my heel for me to open the door.


Only I didn’t have to pat down the pockets of my borrowed clothes to realize I didn’t have the key. I sighed.


Chapter 154